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    In the spring of 2022, a man with a persistent cough sought care at an emergency department and was ultimately diagnosed with metastatic testicular cancer. He is presumably undergoing treatment though we do not know if that is true. We say presumably because we do not personally know this patient. We only know of him because we saw his chest X-ray on social media in a post that challenged the…

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    • #WithConsent shows the audience the content creator is sensitive and respectful of the person behind the image. A patient perspective on medical images posted to #SocialMedia #SoMe without consent: https://t.co/ekBEYMOfkT @Jso7151 @chemobrainfog #OncTwitter #MedTwitter

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    PURPOSE: Team-based care is the delivery of health services to an individual by at least two health care providers working collaboratively to achieve optimal care. Participants on the National Cancer Institute and the ASCO Teams in the Cancer Care Delivery Project have defined 13 key principles to serve as the foundation for a successful team; however, it is unclear whether there exist measures…

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    • #TeamBasedCare is the delivery of health services to an individual by ≥2 providers working collaboratively to achieve optimal care. This scoping review discusses what measures can assess key principles of team function in oncology. 👉 https://t.co/q38aUIXFNp @rada_zunich https://t.co/ZlW6Bpd3fg

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    PURPOSE: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals who receive primary care services at community health centers are often referred to external specialty care centers after cancer diagnosis, upon which primary care services are disrupted and may be discontinued because of gaps in communication between primary and oncologic care providers. This qualitative study evaluated…

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    • "The person that they had referred me to had never seen a trans patient": This study qualitatively investigates care coordination & patient-clinician communication specifically for #LGBTQ+ pts with cancer & LGBTQ+ #cancersurvivors. ➡️ https://t.co/lDvlxLf8OI @DrMelissaSimon https://t.co/5WkiJl0B8x

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    PURPOSE: A validated risk model with inputs of pretreatment sodium and albumin can identify patients at risk for hospitalization during cancer treatment. We evaluated how the model compares with risk estimates from treating oncologists. METHODS: We evaluated the 30-day risk of hospitalization or death in patients starting palliative-intent systemic therapy for solid tumor malignancy. For each…

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    • A 2-variable risk model (using pre-tx sodium & albumin) performed as well as the treating oncologist in identifying pts at risk for hospitalization w/in 30d of palliative intent chemo. A hybrid model may improve prediction 🎯 even more. 👉 https://t.co/IrfB3bNbnw @gabe_a_brooks https://t.co/bCE5zKgiEW